SOUTHAMPTON (TIP): Water was thrown over two women standing outside a mosque in an apparent fake acid attack which police are treating as racially aggravated assault. The women, who were wearing traditional head coverings, were attacked as they waited outside the Bashir […]
ARBIL (IRAQ) (TIP): The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to go back and trade in the stability of their new lives. “There’s no security, no […]
PARIS: France’s top military chief resigned after a war of words with Emmanuel Macron over budget cuts that tested the new president’s authority. The row between Macron and General Pierre de Villiers erupted last week when the chief of staff told […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s hopes of getting western support for its stance against India dimmed as Chinese negotiators suffer a serious setback during annual US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington on Wednesday. Negotiations between the two sides got into a deadlock as American […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Facing attacks over lynching incidents, the government on Thursday asserted that killings in the name of cow “sentiments” was unacceptable and said the state governments should take stern action against those indulging in such violence. Finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was replying to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): BSP supremo Mayawati’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha has been accepted by Chairman Hamid Ansari. Officials said Mayawati had submitted a fresh resignation letter as per the prescribed format, which was accepted by Ansari today Accusing the BJP and the Chair of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has has travelled 49 countries in the last three years during which India signed a number of agreements on a range of topics, the government today said. In a written response to a question in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued notices to actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife, Gauri Khan, for alleged violations in Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to the tune of Rs 73.6 crore and asked them to […]
Beijing ‘threatens security’ at tri-junction ? In the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said China intends to unilaterally change the status of the trijunction with Bhutan, posing a challenge to India’s security On the standoff at Doklam, she referred to the written agreement between India, […]
HIGHLIGHTS ? Indian DGMO Lt-General A K Bhatt told his Pakistani counterpart to exercise “strict control” over his troops ? Lt-Gen Bhatt said Pakistan army had deliberately targeted villages and also fired at kids in Nowshera sector […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a major upgrade to its defences, the Indian Army has signed a MoU with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to raise one regiment of the advanced Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles (MRSAM). The army […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, July 21, said it would take a decision to list for early hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid land dispute […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With Ram Nath Kovind winning the presidential elections on Thursday, it is time to bid farewell to outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, who will move out of the Rashtrapati Bhawan officially on July 25, making way for Kovind to take […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India completed the process of its civil nuclear agreements, as the landmark India- Japan civil nuclear agreement entered into force on Thursday, July 20. Foreign secretary S Jaishankar and Japanese ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu exchanged diplomatic notes, marking operationalisation of […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Bholath MLA Sukhpal Khaira was chosen as the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly today, with majority of the 19 other Aam Aadmi Party MLAs recommending his name in a one-on-one meeting with national party convener Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi. HS Phoolka, […]
BANGKOK (TIP): A Thai court found dozens of people guilty of human trafficking offences today in a mass trial exploring links between corrupt officials, including a senior army general, and the grim but lucrative trade in Rohingya and Bangladeshi […]
YANGON (TIP): Myanmar has no military ties with North Korea, a Myanmar official said on July 17, as a US diplomat responsible for North Korea arrived for talks in which he is likely to seek assurances on efforts […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The children of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could face up to seven years in jail if it was proved that they had submitted fake documents to the Panama panel probing the money laundering allegations against the family, the […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Lahore-bound 34-year-old Kamal Siddiqui is getting home but with good memories, floored by the generosity and kindness of the Indian people. His infant son Rohaan underwent a complex heart surgery in India, thanks to external affairs minister […]
DALLAS (TIP): CNN Money says Chipotle’s stock fell on Thursday, July 20, as the company suffered another public setback: Customers complained that they saw rodents in a Dallas location. “A few mice did get inside […]
DALLAS (TIP): With the first quarter of the Dallas–Phoenix matchup dwindling down to a close, Mavericks guard Josh Adams dribbled up the floor, received a screen from Ding Yanyuhang and drove left. The Suns’ Mike James and Dragan […]
DALLAS (TIP): A federal grand jury in Dallas returned a one-count indictment last week charging a South Asian-American Dallas attorney and his assistant of Pakistani origin, with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud. This indictment was […]
NEW YORK (TIP): It’s a season of parades to mark India’s Independence. India won independence, on August 15, 1947 from the British colonial rule, after an almost 100 year’s grim struggle for independence. The day of independence […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Continuing its quest for the best speller in the community, the 2017 South Asian Spelling Bee (www.SouthAsianSpellingBee.com) traveled to California last week and Texas this past weekend with stops in the Bay […]
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